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Academic degrees

• Doctor of Philosophy
  School of Mathematics and Statistics, The Open University.
  Supervisors: Prof. Phil Rippon and Prof. Gwyneth Stallard.
  Completion date: October 27, 2016.
  
  
• MSc in Advanced and Professional Mathematics
  Facultat de Matemàtiques, Universitat de Barcelona.
  Supervisor: Prof. Núria Fagella.
  Completion date: October 2011.
  
  
• BSc in Mathematics
  Facultat de Matemàtiques, Universitat de Barcelona.
  Completion date: September 2010.
  

Positions

• Assistant Professor
  Department of Dynamical Systems, Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
  Mentor: Prof. Feliks Przytycki.
  Period: from December 2018.


• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
  Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University.
  Host professor: Prof. Mitsuhiro Shishikura.
  Period: November 2016 - November 2018.


• Full-time PhD Student
  School of Mathematics and Statistics, The Open University.
  Period: September 2013 - October 2016.


• Part-time Lecturer
  Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada i Anàlisi, Universitat de Barcelona.
  Period: September 2011 - September 2013.


• Mathematics Teacher
  Campus>25. Centre de Formació d'Adults (private adult learning center).
  Period: February 2011 - June 2011.

Organisation of conferences and seminars

• RIMS Workshop on Complex Dynamics 2017 (coorganised with Prof. Mitsuhiro Shishikura)
  Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto (Japan); December 11-15, 2017.
  Funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Kakenhi).


• Postgraduate Conference in Complex Dynamics (coorganised with Vasso Evdoridou)
  De Morgan House, London (UK); March 11-13, 2015.
  Funded by an LMS Scheme 8 grant (£3969) and The Open University (£1531).


• Seminari Informal de Matemàtiques de Barcelona (coorganised with Andratx Bellmunt, Mireia Besalú, Daniel Pérez, Eloi Puertas and Arturo Valdivia)
  Graduate student seminar of the Faculty of Mathematics.
  Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); Academic Years 2011-12 and 2012-13.


• 1a Jornada d'Investigadors Predoctorals Interdisciplinària (coorganised with Anna Alemany, Albert Bruix, Marc Caballero, Joan Camuñas, Blai Garolera, Narcís Miguel, Rubén Pérez, Daniel Pérez, José Manuel Rebled and Oleguer Sagarra)
  Networking event with more than 60 flash talks from PhD students on Maths, Physics and Chemistry.
  Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); February 7, 2013.

Participation in scientific events

• Topics in Complex Dynamics 2015
  Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); November 23-27, 2015.
  Talk: “Escaping Fatou components of transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane” (slides).


• Workshop “Ergodic theory and holomorphic dynamics”
  Erwin Schrödinger Institute, Vienna (Austria); September 28-October 2, 2015.
  Talk: “Escaping Fatou components of transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane” (slides).


• Workshop “Topics in Analysis and Holomorphic Dynamics” (part of the Simons Semester “Dynamical Systems” in the Banach Center)
  Banach Center, Warsaw (Poland); September 14-19, 2015.

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AMS-EMS-SPM International Meeting
Porto (Portugal); June 10-13, 2015.
Talk: “Escaping Fatou components of transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane” (slides) in the special session on Holomorphic Dynamics.


Summer School "Normal Families in Complex Analysis" + Workshop "Modern Trends in Complex Analysis"
Universität Würzburg, Würzburg (Germany); May 22-30, 2015.
Poster: “The escaping set of transcendental self-maps of \(\mathbb C^*\)” (poster).


IMS XXV: Celebrating 25 years of low-dimensional dynamics at Stony Brook
Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook (USA); May 8-12, 2015.


The 4th Joint British Mathematical Colloquium & British Applied Mathematics Colloquium
University of Cambridge, Cambridge (UK); March 30-April 2, 2015.


RIMS workshop on Complex Dynamics
Research Institute in Mathematical Sciences, University of Kyoto, Kyoto (Japan); December 8-12, 2014.
Talk: “The escaping set of holomorphic self-maps of the punctured plane” (slides).


Perspectives of Modern Complex Analysis (60th birthday of Prof. Alex Eremenko)
Będlewo (Poland); July 21-25, 2014.
Poster: “Annular itineraries for \(\mathbb C^*\)” (poster).


Young Researchers in Mathematics 2014
University of Warwick, Coventry (UK); June 30-July 3, 2014.


Winter School on Kleinian Groups and Transcendental Dynamics
Universität Bremen, Bremen (Germany); April 7-11, 2014.


Topological and Combinatorial Problems in One-dimensional Complex Dynamics
Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Pisa (Italy); October 14-18, 2013.
Talk: “Annular itineraries for \(\mathbb C^*\)” (abstract, slides).


Workshop on Holomorphic Dynamics - Maps with essential singularities
Roskilde University - Søminestationen, Holbæk (Denmark); October 3-6, 2013.
Talk: “Annular itineraries for \(\mathbb C^*\)” (program, slides).


Spring School: Topics in Complex Dynamics 2013
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); June 10-14, 2013.
Talk: “The escaping set of entire functions” (abstract, slides)


Workshop in Real and Complex Dynamics
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy); May 27-31, 2013.


Workshop "The role of complex analysis in complex dynamics"
International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh (UK); May 20-24, 2013.
Talk: “The escaping set of holomorphic self-maps of \(\mathbb C^*\)” (slides).


Workshop on Holomorphic Dynamics - MLC Status and Quo Vadis?
Roskilde University - Søminestationen, Holbæk (Denmark); Semptember 27-30, 2012.
Talk: “Existence of Dynamic Rays for \(\mathbb C^*\)” (program, slides).


INdAM Conference New Trends in Holomorphic Dynamics
Palazzone di la Scuola Normale Superiore, Cortona (Italy); September 3-7, 2012.


18th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications (ICDEA)
Casa de Convalescència, Barcelona (Spain); July 22-27, 2012.
Talk: “Dynamic Rays for Transcendental Holomorphic Self-maps of \(\mathbb C^*\)” (abstract, slides).


Komplex Analysis Winter School (KAWA 3): Winterschool & Workshop in Complex Analysis and Applications to Complex Dynamics and Geometry
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); January 30-February 4, 2012.


Recent Trends in Nonlinear Science (RTNS 2012): 9th winter school in Dynamical Systems
Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona (Spain); January 23-27, 2012.


Workshop on Holomorphic Dynamics - Featuring Several Complex Variables
Roskilde University - Søminestationen, Holbæk (Denmark); September 29-October 2, 2011.


International Summer School in Mathematics on the topic “Dynamical Systems”
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen (Germany); July 24-August 6, 2011 (2 weeks).


Jornadas sobre los Problemas del Milenio
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); June 1-3, 2011.


Spring School: Topics in Complex Dynamics 2011
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); May 30-June 3, 2011.
Talk: “Logarithmic coordinates for functions of the punctured plane” (schedule).

• LMS Mary Cartwright Lecture & Society Meeting
  De Morgan House, London (UK); February 26, 2016.


• Celebration for Prof. Walter Hayman's 90th birthday
  Imperial College, London (UK); January 20, 2016.


• Graduate Student Meeting + Annual General Meeting of the LMS
  BMA House, London (UK); November 13, 2015.


• LMS Scheme 3 Meetings in Holomorphic Dynamics
  Imperial College, London (UK); September 8, 2015.
  Talk: “Escaping Fatou components of transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane” (slides).

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One Day Function Theory Meeting 2015
De Morgan House, London (UK); September 7, 2015.


Graduate Student Meeting + Annual General Meeting of the LMS
BMA House, London (UK); July 3, 2015.


Summer Postgraduate Student Day
Dept. of Maths & Stats, The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK); June 18, 2015.
Talk: “Escaping Fatou components of transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane” (slides).


London Mathematical Society 150th Anniversary Launch
Goldsmiths' Hall, London (UK); January 16, 2015.


LMS Scheme 3 Meetings in Holomorphic Dynamics
The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK); December 4, 2014.


UK Mathematics Trust Annual Mentoring Conference
St Anne's College, Oxford (UK); November 22, 2014.


One Day Function Theory Meeting 2014
De Morgan House, London (UK); September 1, 2014.


Sussex Postgraduate Conference in Pure Mathematics
University of Sussex, Brighton (UK); July 9, 2014.
Invited talk: “Escaping points of transcendental functions” (poster, schedule, slides).


2a Jornada d'Investigadors Predoctorals Interdisciplinària
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); February 6, 2014.


Dynamics on the interface of real and complex one-dimension
Imperial College, London; January 13, 2014.


Postgraduate Student Day
Dept. of Maths & Stats, The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK); December 16, 2013.
Talk: “A brief introduction to complex dynamics and how to produce nice pictures” (slides).


Graduate Student Meeting + Annual General Meeting of the LMS
Chart. Instute of Public Relations/Institute of Education, London (UK); November 15, 2013.
Talk: “Escaping points of transcendental functions” (slides) in the Grad. Student Meeting.


An Afternoon of Complex Dynamics
Imperial College, London (UK); September 3, 2013.


One Day Function Theory Meeting 2013
De Morgan House, London (UK); September 2, 2013.


"Holomorphic Dynamics" Research Group Annual Meeting 2013
URV, Tarragona (Spain); July 22, 2013.


16a Trobada Matemàtica de la SCM / Presentació de la BGSM
IEC, Barcelona (Spain); June 17, 2013.


DDays 2012 (bianual meeting of the DANCE Network)
Benicàssim (Spain); October 24-26, 2012.


Workshop in Celestial Mechanics (60th birthday of Prof. Gerard Gómez)
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); July 20, 2012.


"Sistemas Dinámicos Reales y Complejos en Dimensión Baja" Research Group Meeting
Castelldefels Platja (Spain); February 2-3, 2012.


Segona Jornada SCM de Joves Investigadors en Matemàtiques
IEC, Barcelona (Spain); October 14, 2011.

• London Taught Course Centre
  London (UK); October 2013-November 2014 (5 courses of 10h each).


• Corsi Estivi di Matematica, Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria
  Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia (Italy); July 30-August 31, 2012 (5 weeks).
  Talk: “An Introduction to Complex Dynamics” (slides).


• Summer School of the Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences
  University of New Brunswick, Fredericton (Canada); July 11-August 7, 2010 (4 weeks).

Seminar talks

• “Escaping points and semiconjugation of holomorphic functions”
  Complex Dynamics Working Seminar, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); March 29, 2016.


• “The escaping set of transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane”
  Algebra and Analysis Seminar, University of Nottingham, Nottingham (UK); February 17, 2016.


• “The escaping set of transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane”
  Analysis Seminar, University College Dublin, Dublin (Ireland); December 1, 2015.

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“Constructing entire functions using approximation theory”
Maths Graduate Student Seminar, The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK); April 12, 2015.


“Escaping Fatou components of transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane”
Complex Dynamics Working Seminar, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain); February 23, 2015.


“Escaping points of transcendental self-maps of \(\mathbb C^*\)” (slides)
Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems Seminar, University of Warwick, Coventry (UK); January 14, 2014.


“Newton's method as a dynamical system” (slides)
Graduate Student Seminar, Dept. of Maths & Stats, The Open University (Milton Keynes, Nov 12, 2014).


“Annular itineraries for \(\mathbb C^*\)” (abstract, slides)
Pure Mathematics Seminars, The Open University (Milton Keynes, jul-14).


“Fast escaping points of holomorphic self-maps of \(\mathbb C^*\)” (abstract)
Complex Dynamics Working Seminar, Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, des-13).


“Com trobar zeros de funcions? Un problema molt complex!” (abstract, slides)
Seminari Informal de Matemàtiques de Barcelona "SIMBa" (postgraduate seminar), Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, jul-13).


“Counterexamples to (the strong form of) Eremenko's conjecture” (abstract: part 1, part 2)
Complex Dynamics Working Seminar, Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, mar-13).


“Intoducció a la dinàmica holomorfa transcendent” (slides)
Seminario de Análisis Armónico, Complejo y Funcional "FOCAS" (analysis postgraduate seminar), Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, des-12).


“Intoducció a la dinàmica holomorfa transcendent” (abstract, slides)
Seminari Informal de Matemàtiques de Barcelona "SIMBa" (postgraduate seminar), Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, jun-12).


“Logarithmic coordinates for holomorphic self-maps of the punctured plane” (abstract)
Complex Dynamics Working Seminar, Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, nov-11).


“Dynamic rays for transcendental holomorphic self-maps of \(\mathbb C\) and \(\mathbb C^*\)” (abstract)
Complex Dynamics Working Seminar, Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, sep-11).

Mentoring and outreach activities

• Interactive exhibition What's Your Angle? Uncovering Maths at the Science Museum, London, on November 25-29, 2015, to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Mathematical Society. See this video and visit Outreach for more info.


• STEM Ambassador in the program coordinated nationally by STEMNET: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network and locally by Leicestershire Education Business Company (Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes) and eSTEeM: exploring the frontiers of STEM education (The Open University). See Outreach.


• Mentor in the Senior Mentoring Scheme organized by United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT), training students between 15 and 18 years old to solve problems similar to the ones from the British Mathematical Olympiad.

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Collaboration in the preparation classes at the Universitat de Barcelona for the XLIX Olimpíada Matemàtica (2013) [Mathematical Olympiad] organized by the Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques.


Collaboration in the Proves Cangur 2013 [Kangourou Sans Frontières] organized by the Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques that took place at the Facultat de Matemàtiques of the Universitat de Barcelona.


Participation to the activities Xerrades-Taller [Talks-Workshop] organized by the Facultat de Matemàtiques at Universitat de Barcelona and addressed to secondary school students. Editions 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13.


Participation to the program Suport a treballs de recerca de secundària [Support to research in secondary school] from the Facultat de Matemàtiques at Universitat de Barcelona. I have tutorized the following projects:
• "Iteració complexa i fractals" by Yaling Zhang (IES La Pineda, Badalona), 2008-2009;
• "Fractals" by Paula Encinas (IES La Sedeta, Barcelona), 2009-2010;
• "Fractals i sistemes dinàmics" by Guillem Cobos (Escola Gravi, Barcelona), 2010-2011;
• "Estudi de sistemes dinàmics en el pla complex. Aplicació del mètode de Newton als Conjunts de Julia i Mandelbrot" by Júlia Montañà, Óscar Promio and Wendy Ruiz (Escola Sant Gervasi, Mollet del Vallès), 2011-2012.


Participation to the international exposition ExpoScience Europe 2006 (ESE'06) with a stand entitled "La Relativitat" [Relativity] about my high school research project. This event, organized jointly by MAGMA - Associació per Promoure la Recerca Jove and MILSET - Mouvement International pour le Loisir Scientifique et Technique, took place at Tarragona (Spain) on July 16-23, 2006.

Awards

• I have been awarded the Formula Santander Scolarship 2014 at The Open University. This scolarship, funded by Banco Santander, consists of £4,200 (5,000€) to be spent during the 2014-15 academic year.


• Second position in the prize Premi Poincaré al millor treball de recerca de batxillerat (3rd edition, 2006) given to the best research project in secondary school by the Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Research project La Relativitat [Relativity], tutorized by Miquel Sánchez (IES Joan Guinjoan, Riudoms). Link.

I am a member of

• Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques [Catalan Mathematical Society] (since 2012)
   La SCM és una societat filial de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans. Les seves finalitats són el conreu de les ciències matemàtiques, estendre'n el coneixement en la societat catalana, fomentar-ne l'ensenyament i la investigació teòrica i aplicada, així com publicar tota mena de treballs que s'adeqüin a aquests objectius. 


• London Mathematical Society (since 2013)
   The London Mathematical Society is the major UK learned society for mathematics. The Society's activities include publishing journals and books, providing grants to support mathematics and organising scientific meetings and lectures. 


• European Mathematical Society (since 2013)
   The European Mathematical Society is a learned society representing mathematicians throughout Europe. It promotes the development of all aspects of mathematics in Europe, in particular mathematical research, relations of mathematics to society, relations to European institutions, and mathematical education. 

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